I was recently moving things around in my craft room after some major alterations and reorganizing (pics coming soon!) when I stumbled upon a little plastic bag filled with mini-plastic Christmas wonders.

It’s kinda silly how happy these little things made me. Not to mention the amount of time spent arranging them so I could photograph them just right. Time in which I could have probably done more organizing, truth be told.

But looking at these guys reminded me of why I really love vintage stuff. The colors. The whimsy. The uniqueness of fun designs that you just can’t find for sale today.

It also reminded me that my craft room is overflowing with examples of vintage whimsy. Literally.

“Help us! We are being suffocated by love!”

So, more things have been posted on the blog store Mid-Century Mine, which is great stuff that I would love to keep, if only I had the room!

This adorable Marushka sailboat print is my contribution to the store this time around. I recently put up a TON of vintage artwork in my craft room (I’ll post pics soon! I swear!) but my Marushka sailboat prints, all three of them, didn’t make the cut. The other two will be listed very soon!

The beard on that Santa just kills me! As for a crazy piece that makes me happy, I think it would have to be one of my salt and pepper shaker sets – I have one that is a fire hydrant and the other part is a dog who is lifting his leg up on it! It cracks me up every time I look at it!

I’ve got the snowman and angel in the second photo, along with a Santa with his sack, but they’re each standing at the edge of a red cut-away bell with silver glitter around the opening and a gold plastic bow at the top. The year marked on the bottom is ’75.

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